Knowledge as a subject of philosophical analysis

2024 Author: Henry Conors | [email protected]. Last modified: 2024-02-12 02:54

Earlier before human knowledge was only a matter of the philosophical science of epistemology. But closer to our time, the interdisciplinary direction, cognitive science, has become more and more pronounced. This young science was interested not only in cognition as a subject of philosophical analysis, but also in more experimentally substantiated data on how ideas about the world are formed in a he althy human personality. Analysis means breaking apart. So, knowledge is divided into religious, ordinary, mythological and artistic, logical, philosophical. These species are not always strictly separated in practice and can often interpenetrate each other.

Between two worlds. Religious Knowledge

Any religion assumes the existence of at least two worlds, at least one of them is invisible. Religious knowledge has signs of systematicity, although in this respect it is still far fromscientific. Characteristic representation of knowledge in the form of rules, and this is the difference from the mythological, more figurative. Religious knowledge as a subject of philosophical analysis is of particular interest to theologians.

Where to buy oranges? Ordinary knowledge

In everyday life we have to solve many problems that are not and are not set as scientific ones. For example, in a hypermarket or a market to buy oranges? Why are sockets plugged with special plastic plugs in a house with small children? We know that accessible outlets can be dangerous for toddlers. And this is ordinary knowledge.

Who is Tefal thinking about? Mythological Knowledge

If you think that mythological knowledge disappeared with the emergence of religions with one God, then you are mistaken. This knowledge, like religious knowledge, relies on emotions more than evidence. It is figurative, represents fragmentary images-representations about various phenomena of life. Mythological knowledge as a subject of philosophical analysis seems irrational, but has a hidden logic. Conclusions in mythological knowledge are not proved. For example, often the perceptions formed by brand advertising are elements of mythological knowledge.

Evil in a beautiful package? Artistic Knowledge

This knowledge is akin to mythological, the difference is that the elements of artistic representation, images, do not exist by themselves. They constitute a system expressing one or more main ideas, in English called"message". Artistic knowledge also claims to change the world, and not just explain it, unlike the mythological one.

Is the impossible possible? Scientific (logical) knowledge

This kind of cognition is considered the most perfect scientists of the exact sciences. Philosophers disagree with this. With this type of cognition, evidence is obligatory, and the scientist also tries to coordinate the obtained data with the existing ideas. If that doesn't work, scientific revolutions sometimes happen.

At the crooked mirror. Philosophical knowledge

This kind of cognition implies a person's awareness of himself, and these attempts are systemic in nature, when theories are built to understand oneself, the structure of the world in the most general form and the structure of interaction with the world.

Knowledge as a subject of philosophical analysis is quite complex. But all kinds of knowledge are characteristic of each person, and all are necessary for a normal life in society.